ICT Life Hacks

🔐 Sign into your browser

  • Signing into your browser allows you to have bookmarks/favourites synced across devices.

  • If you have to replace your device, this is the easiest way to ensure you quickly retrieve all of your most recently or most frequently used sites.

  • Use firstname.lastname#@education.nsw.gov.au as your username when signing in.

Google Chrome

  1. Click on the profile picture icon.

  2. Click on Turn on sync

Microsoft Edge

  1. Click on the profile picture icon.

  2. Click on Sign In

📂 Use your cloud storage and never lose a file or have versioning problems

  • OneDrive (Microsoft 365) and Google Drive (Google Workspace) both provide sync clients for your laptop.

  • Use firstname.lastname#@education.nsw.gov.au as your username when signing in.

  • Use these to ensure your file versions are properly managed, and be able to revert to an earlier version if needed.

OneDrive

  • OneDrive is preinstalled on Windows 10.

  • On macOS it comes part of the Microsoft 365 desktop apps.

  • Turn on OneDrive Folder Backup to send your Documents, Pictures and/or Desktop to OneDrive.

Google Drive

  • Download the Google Drive for Desktop client

  • Follow instructions on installation.

  • Google Drive content can appear in Microsoft Teams as well.

File auto versions in OneDrive

  • Use the Versions context menu to find previous versions.

File auto versions in Google Drive

  • Open the file to find the Version History.

🏫 If onsite at school, view the File auto versions videos here.

📋 Turn on Windows Web Clipboard

  • Multiple copy, multiple paste.

  • Press Win+V to enable the feature.

⏯ Replay ink in OneNote for Windows 10

  • For the classes that utilise the OneNote Class Notebook, you can replay electronic ink on any page!

  • This applies to OneNote for Windows 10 app.

📁 Single source of truth in OneDrive/SharePoint/Teams

  • This applies to Google Drive and Team Drive storage spaces too!